Mises Daily

The New York Times trumpets a new theory of economics (actually a very old one) that yields predictably interventionist conclusions. Tibor Machan responds.

Lincoln’s main objective was protectionism for Northern manufacturers and the creation of a massive spoils system, writes Thomas DiLorenzo

What causes an economic downturn? The business press keeps getting it painfully wrong, writes Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

The Governor's supposed solution to the energy fiasco promotes the fiction that government solves problems that private businesses create.

Is it a good idea to put private charities on the dole? Tibor Machan says no. It will change their focus and wreck their services.

Section 31 (a), a remnant of the New Deal that hits every stock trade, rakes in billions of play money for the government. Yet they call it a fee, not a tax.

As layoffs mount, Brad Edmonds reflects on the purpose of the labor market, with a special focus on  academic music.

Douglas Carey explains economic anomalies such as electricity shortages, flight delays, and overcrowded roads.

A relatively balanced treatment shows they were mainly the products of enterprise, not just corruption. A review by Clifford Thies

What was his crime? To bring consumers oil, he violated laws that should not exist in the first place. Clinton was right to pardon him.